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HR 2056 · District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Introduced
Mar 11, 2025
Latest action
Jun 12, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA-3]
Policy area
Immigration
Cosponsors
1

Summary

District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act This bill prohibits the District of Columbia (DC) from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement activities, except for certain instances involving witnesses and victims of crime. Specifically, the bill bars DC from adopting a law, policy, or practice prohibiting DC governmental entities from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual with a federal, state, or local government entity. Further, DC may not adopt a law, policy, or practice of not complying with lawful requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual from custody. (A detainer is a formal request from DHS that a state or locality hold an individual in custody for up to 48 hours after the individual would otherwise be released so that DHS may facilitate the individual's removal.) The bill provides exceptions allowing DC to adopt policies of not sharing information or complying with a detainer request regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness of a crime.

Recent actions

  1. Jun 12, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Jun 12, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jun 12, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 6/11/2025 CR H2634)
  4. Jun 12, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 6/11/2025 CR H2634)
  5. Jun 12, 2025 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 215 (Roll no. 170).
  6. Jun 12, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2808-2810)
  7. Jun 11, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2056, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lynch demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  8. Jun 11, 2025 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

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